for example... MADD- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
2007-11-17 12:56:20 · 7 answers · asked by Ryan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
PEMDAS - Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
2007-11-17 13:09:41 · update #1
The example that you have given is an acronym. But in order to qualify as an acronym the initials must represent a word, or something close to a word - as Madd resembles "mad."
On the other hand a readily recognized abbreviation such as "IRS" is merely "initialization."
2007-11-17 13:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are acronyms. Funny, MAD used to be Mutually Assured Destruction, now it's a bunch of mad mothers.
2007-11-18 19:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by I Am The Walrus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what they are called on their own (other than maybe initials) but when used as a group, they are acronyms.
Is that what you want?
2007-11-17 13:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Julia S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah thats an acronym, but you might be thinking of abreviation.
2007-11-17 13:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by Elsanto diablo policeman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
acronym
2007-11-17 13:02:44 · answer #5 · answered by rabigale 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
txt language, acrinuims, slang.
2007-11-17 13:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called an mnemonic device
here is a website that explains it:
http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnemonics.html
hope this helps :)
2007-11-17 13:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by sweEtiE_pi 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋